New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Uxbridge when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Uxbridge when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 209 companies were registered in Uxbridge during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is an increase of 15.5% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.0% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Uxbridge	UK
   2012	209	131,491
   2011	181	116,391
   % change	15.5%	13.0%
   Record Year	2012 (209)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	209	Q1 2012	131491	1
   Q1 2011	181	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	149	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	141	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	131	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	175	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	118	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	103	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	123	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	118	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2012	209	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Uxbridge when compared to any previous February.

   January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Uxbridge when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	47941	75
   Feb 2012	44149	60
   Jan 2012	39401	74
   Dec 2011	30598	57
   Nov 2011	40319	56
   Oct 2011	38706	67
   Sep 2011	38920	46
   Aug 2011	38461	74
   Jul 2011	37131	51
   Jun 2011	39725	57
   May 2011	38130	60
   Apr 2011	34489	53

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2012	74	60	75
   New companies in 2011	55	57	69
   % change	34.5%	5.3%	8.7%
   Record Year	2012 (74)	2012 (60)	2007 (77)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   A total of 86 companies were dissolved in Uxbridge during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is a decrease of 10.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 25.7% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Uxbridge	UK
   2012	86	67,576
   2011	96	90,987
   % change	-10.4%	-25.7%
   Record Year	2004 (142)	2009 (108,065)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	86	Q1 2012	67576	1
   Q1 2011	96	Q1 2011	90987	1
   Q1 2010	102	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	140	Q1 2009	108065	1
   Q1 2008	92	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	138	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	62	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	80	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	142	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	54	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2004	142	Q1 2009	108065	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	21089	28
   Feb 2012	23245	32
   Jan 2012	23242	26
   Dec 2011	29283	47
   Nov 2011	31065	39
   Oct 2011	19635	17
   Sep 2011	22852	32
   Aug 2011	25745	41
   Jul 2011	23633	24
   Jun 2011	23848	32
   May 2011	31305	47
   Apr 2011	16171	34

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2012	26	32	28
   Closed companies in 2011	33	37	26
   % change	-21.2%	-13.5%	8%
   Record Year	2008 (48)	2004 (90)	2009 (99)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Uxbridge when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for net growth in Uxbridge when compared to any quarter in history.

   Net company growth for Uxbridge during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 123 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Uxbridge	UK
   2012	123	63,915
   2011	85	25,404
   Record Year	2012 (123)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2012	123	181	Q1 2012	63915	116391	1
   Q1 2011	85	149	Q1 2011	25404	105137	1
   Q1 2010	47	141	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	1	131	Q1 2009	-17031	96698	1
   Q1 2008	39	175	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	37	118	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	56	103	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	23	123	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	-19	118	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	64	94	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2012	123	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   March 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Uxbridge when compared to any previous March.

   January 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Uxbridge when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2012	26852	47
   Feb 2012	20904	28
   Jan 2012	16159	48
   Dec 2011	1315	10
   Nov 2011	9254	17
   Oct 2011	19071	50
   Sep 2011	16068	14
   Aug 2011	12716	33
   Jul 2011	13498	27
   Jun 2011	15877	25
   May 2011	6825	13
   Apr 2011	18318	19

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2012	48	28	47
   Net growth in 2011	22	20	43
   Record Year	2012 (48)	2009 (29)	2012 (47)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   In the first quarter of 2012, Uxbridge formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Uxbridge
   2012	0.2%
   2011	0.2%
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.2%
   2008	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1969 (0.6%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2012	0.1589	209	1
   Q1 2011	0.1555	181	1
   Q1 2010	0.1417	149	1
   Q1 2009	0.1549	141	1
   Q1 2008	0.1355	131	1
   Q1 2007	0.1049	175	1
   Q1 2006	0.1081	118	1
   Q1 2005	0.1093	103	1
   Q1 2004	0.1344	123	1
   Q1 2003	0.1211	118	1
   Q1 1969	0.5856	9	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2012	0.1564	75
   Feb 2012	0.1359	60
   Jan 2012	0.1878	74
   Dec 2011	0.1863	57
   Nov 2011	0.1389	56
   Oct 2011	0.1731	67
   Sep 2011	0.1182	46
   Aug 2011	0.1924	74
   Jul 2011	0.1374	51
   Jun 2011	0.1435	57
   May 2011	0.1574	60
   Apr 2011	0.1537	53

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2012	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2011	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   % change	15.4%	-9.9%	1.6%
   Record Year	1966 (0.9%)	1965 (0.7%)	1969 (0.5%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 40.8.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.2% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.3% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2012	40.7655	2.2801	5.2117	42.7076	4.6029	3.4625
   Q1 2011	42.1508	0.7937	4.7619	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	45.0045	3.1532	2.2523	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	44.4041	3.6735	1.2245	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	44.6333	5.5556	1.4815	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	46.5236	5.2356	0.2618	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	48.1401	8.1712	0.0000	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	49.3724	9.6234	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	49.7994	7.4434	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	50.1220	5.0847	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The record first quarter for female directors in Uxbridge was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   20.3% of all director appointments in Uxbridge in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2012	20.3438	Q1 2012	25.1929	1
   Q1 2011	25.4125	Q1 2011	25.4684	1
   Q1 2010	21.5094	Q1 2010	24.7553	1
   Q1 2009	19.4656	Q1 2009	26.1125	1
   Q1 2008	27.0270	Q1 2008	28.3497	1
   Q1 2007	22.7477	Q1 2007	27.4481	1
   Q1 2006	21.2544	Q1 2006	26.9433	1
   Q1 2005	25.1799	Q1 2005	26.8387	1
   Q1 2004	23.2836	Q1 2004	27.1410	1
   Q1 2003	25.3012	Q1 2003	30.5573	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1930	80.0000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)

   Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CONSULTING	2.27%	CONSULTING	5.07%
   CONSULTANCY	1.18%	MANAGEMENT	4.74%
   LONDON	1.01%	CONSULTANCY	3.30%
   MANAGEMENT	1.01%	PROPERTY	2.37%
   IT	0.84%	TRADING	2.07%
   MEDIA	0.84%	DESIGN	1.93%
   TRADING	0.84%	ENGINEERING	1.86%
   CLEANING	0.84%	ASSOCIATES	1.84%
   GLOBAL	0.76%	CONSULTANTS	1.79%
   PROPERTY	0.76%	BUSINESS	1.73%
   INVESTMENTS	0.67%	MEDIA	1.72%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.67%	CONSTRUCTION	1.72%
   CAR	0.59%	LONDON	1.66%
   WINE	0.59%	J	1.54%
   CADBURY	0.59%	INVESTMENTS	1.51%
   ENTERPRISES	0.50%	GLOBAL	1.50%
   FOOD	0.50%	IT	1.40%
   CONSULTANTS	0.50%	CARE	1.34%
   HOLDINGS	0.50%	PROPERTIES	1.31%
   MAINTENANCE	0.50%	ELECTRICAL	1.27%
   SCHOOL	0.50%	M	1.27%
   TRANSPORT	0.42%	BUILDING	1.24%
   UXBRIDGE	0.42%	ENERGY	1.20%
   ASSOCIATES	0.42%	S	1.20%
   BUILDING	0.42%	ENTERPRISES	1.19%

SIC Data

1. Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	338	216,665
   7487 - Other business activities	53	52,735
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	41	14,303
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	33	19,704
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	32	13,637
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	29	35,233
   74990 - Non-trading company	24	9,729
   9999 - Dormant Company	24	18,617
   99999 - Dormant Company	16	25,084
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	15	8,145
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	15	6,934
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	15	12,113
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	13	5,169
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	12	9,892
   9305 - Other service activities	12	8,818
   70100 - Activities of head offices	10	2,746
   41202 - Construction of domestic buildings	9	3,052
   7260 - Other computer related activities	9	7,154
   49410 - Freight transport by road	9	2,781
   7499 - Non-trading company	9	9,102

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07894638	BODY SWEET SYMPHONY LTD	03 Jan 2012
   07895383	L7 COMPUTERS LTD	03 Jan 2012
   07900860	PROMPT ACCOUNTANCY.COM LTD	06 Jan 2012
   07902038	AFSHAR INDUSTRIES LTD	09 Jan 2012
   07906273	MFK CONSULTING LIMITED	11 Jan 2012
   07909718	EVREAUX CONSULTING LIMITED	13 Jan 2012
   07913649	PYRAMID HEALTH LIMITED	17 Jan 2012
   07915217	PEOPLES CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD	18 Jan 2012
   07915427	UPM PROPERTIES LIMITED	19 Jan 2012
   07919443	ARYA MEDICAL LIMITED	23 Jan 2012
   07922486	FLASH TELECOM LTD.	24 Jan 2012
   07923588	LONDON VIEW APARTMENTS LIMITED	25 Jan 2012
   07923881	PLASKETT PROPERTY SERVICES LTD	25 Jan 2012
   07924734	EVOLUTION SKIN LIMITED	26 Jan 2012
   07928800	PSYCLE LIMITED	30 Jan 2012
   07918011	JAN ENTERPRISES LTD	20 Jan 2012
   07918523	FRUIT BAT ONLINE LIMITED	20 Jan 2012
   07922758	LSME ONLINE LIMITED	25 Jan 2012
   07923814	DELUXE ASIA HOLDINGS LIMITED	25 Jan 2012
   07928856	HAREFIELD DISCOUNT STORE LTD	30 Jan 2012
   07930384	BELVEDERE INDUSTRY LINE LIMITED	31 Jan 2012
   07898729	DEWANG KOTECHA LIMITED	05 Jan 2012
   07901729	EXCELSIOR MARQUEES LTD	09 Jan 2012
   07902923	MFA ELECTRICAL LTD	09 Jan 2012
   07905983	FLEMMING ASSOCIATES LIMITED	11 Jan 2012